Frame for trimmings



G. A. BISLER.

FRAME FOR TRIMMING$.

(No Model.)

Patented Jan. 4, 1887.

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UNITED STA ES PATENT OFFICE I GUSTAV A. BISLER, OF PHILADELPHIA,PENNSYLVANIA.

FRAME FC'R TRIMMINGS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 355,501, dated January4, 1887.

Application filed August 31. 1886. Serial No. 212,293. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GUSTAV A. BISLER, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State ofPennsylvania,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Frames for Trimmings,which improvement is fully set forth in the following specificationandaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents a side elevationof a trimming-frame embodying my invention.

i Fig.. 2 represents a section thereof in line as m, Fig. 1. Fig. 3represents a side elevation at a right angle to Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in theseveral-figures.

, My invention consists of a frame constructed in such manner thattrimming may be wound thereon without liability of being injuriouslypressed or crushed, the frame having fixed stays andremovably-fittedrounds, the latter being secured to the side pieces of the frame, aswill be hereinafter fully set forth.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a frame on which trimmings maybewound,and.

consisting of side pieces, B 13, parallel rods or stays G,and removablerounds D D. The stays extend parallel with each other at intervals alongthe center of the frame, and are fixed to the side pieces, sustainingthe latter, and the rounds D are removably fitted in pockets E andopenings F of the side pieces.

The pockets E are on the inner side of the pieces B, and receive theends of the rounds DD, the latterbeingprimarily passed through theopenings F and directed into the pockets, it being noticed that thearrangement of the rounds D D is such that they spread or flare from thecenter of the'side pieces.

After a piece of trimming is wound around the stays O, the rounds D areinserted in position and the trimming wound around the same. Then therounds D are inserted in position and the trimming wound thereon, thetrimming thus being wound in a continuous length around the frame inseparate layers, which do not press, crush, or otherwise injure eachother, and thus the original shape and good condition of the trimmingare preserved.

The side pieces of the frame containing the openings F have pasted,gummed, or otherwise secured to them pieces, G, of paper or othermaterial, which cover the ends-of the rounds D D, and prevent the latterfrom dis placement, it being noticed that the opposite ends of therounds are held in position by the pockets E. 1

When a piece of trimming is to be removed. it is unwound, as required,from the rounds D D, and the latter successively displaced by beingmoved laterally, so as to burst the paper or material G around therespective openings F, thus permitting the entire withdrawal of therounds.

The frame may be reused, in which case the rounds are restored to theside pieces and secured thereto by fresh pieces G, similar to thathereinbefore'set forth.

I am aware that it is not new to construct a framefor trimmings havingremovable rounds, and such I do not broadly claim; but in the deviceherein shown the rounds are readily secured in position in openings inthe side pieces, whereby guides are dispensed with.

Having thus'described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure .by Letters Patent, is-

Aframe for trimmings, formed of side pieces, fixed stays connecting thesame, and rounds, one of said pieces having pockets on the inner sidethereof, and the other having openings corresponding to said'pockets,wherein said rounds may be inserted, and means, substantially asdescribed, for securing said rounds in place.

GUSTAXT A. BISLER.

\Vitnesses:

J OHN A. TIEDERSHEIM, J AMES F. KELLY.

